Software Automation Developer Intern

About Exegy

Exegy is a global leader in intelligent market data, advanced trading systems, and future-proof technology. Exegy serves as a trusted partner to the complete ecosystem of the buy-side, sell-side, exchanges, and financial services technology firms around the globe. Headquartered in St. Louis with regional offices in North America, the UK/Europe and Asia Pacific, Exegy has the global footprint to deliver world-class support and managed services to its customer base of elite financial market participants.

Job Summary

Exegy is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Software Automation Developer Intern to join our Montreal-based Software Automation team. This internship offers hands-on experience treating software testing and automation as pure software development - building scalable capabilities, backend testing utilities, and reusable code that power our market data platforms.

Working alongside experienced engineers, you will gain real-world exposure to high-performance financial technology systems. You will contribute directly to automated testing frameworks, support CI/CD pipeline integrations, and learn how quality is engineered into production-grade software across the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Responsibilities

• Assist in building and maintaining reusable automated test scripts, libraries, and utilities primarily using Python

• Help integrate automated test coverage, validation gates, and health checks into CI/CD pipelines (such as GitLab CI or Jenkins)

• Focus on writing clean, maintainable, and reusable code for functional, integration, regression, and system testing across Exegy products

• Develop a practical understanding of financial markets, trading systems, market data platforms, and high-performance software environments

• Support exploratory efforts to incorporate developer-assistance tools and modern AI platforms (such as Claude and Gemini) into test generation, log analysis, and diagnostic workflows

• Participate in team code reviews, sprint activities, and technical discussions. Document test results, framework usage, and bug reports clearly and concisely

Our Ideal Candidate Has:

• Strong foundational knowledge and hands-on experience using Python (coursework, personal projects, research, or prior internships)

• Exposure to C++ or Linux environments is a plus

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field

• Strong desire to replace manual testing with reliable, repeatable, and maintainable automated code

• Basic understanding of object-oriented design, version control (Git), and writing reusable code components

• An interest in learning about financial technology, trading systems, market data, and the broader SDLC

• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and clear verbal/written communication in a team-oriented environment

What You’ll Gain:

• Hands-on software development experience in a high-performance production environment

• Deep technical insight into financial market infrastructure and trading systems

• Direct mentorship from experienced automation and software engineers

• Exposure to modern SDLC practices, test automation design, and CI/CD automation pipelines

• The opportunity to build meaningful, reusable software tools used by engineering teams globally